Review Items No. 1-50

Review Items No. 1-50

1. The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was:

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

2. Brightest star as seen from the Earth:

Sirius (also known as Dog Star)

3. Inventor of dynamite:

Alfred B. Nobel

4. The god of love in greek myth:

Aphrodite (Aphrodite is the goddess of love, known as Venus to the Romans.)

5. The largest sea in the world:

South China Sea

6. The world's oldest known city:

Damascus

7. The lowest point on earth is:

The coastal area of Dead sea

8. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was:

Ronald Amundson

9. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is:

Norway

10. The youngest President of the USA:

Theodore Roosevelt

11. A form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an contribution to its government:

Republic

12. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun):

Proxima Centauri

13. The author of Alice in Wonderland:

Lewis Carroll

14. It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:

A Meteorite (A large meteorite is thought to have collided with the earth.)

15. Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:

The Beagle

16. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human is called:

Android

17. The largest museum in the world is:

The American Museum of Natural History

18. The country known as the Land of Cakes is:

Scotland

19. The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of silent movies is:

Tom Mix

20. Coal is known as:

Black Diamond

21. The tallest statue in the world is:

The Spring Temple Buddha

The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Henan, China (height: 128m / 420ft).

22. Because of its abundance of orchards and hop gardens, Kent is widely known as:

The Garden of England
(Kent is a county in southeast England.)

23. What was the name of the first computer game?

Tennis for Two

24. The Roman name for Portugal was:

Lusitania
(Lusitania was an ancient Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain.)

25. The first official telephone call to the moon was made by:

Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974).

26. The Scottish city, Aberdeen, is known as:

The Granite City
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city. Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands.

27. The largest island in Canada is:

Baffin Island
It is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.

28. The person who first succeeded in transmitting a radio signala cross the Atlantic Ocean was:

Marconi
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian inventor.

29. Burkina Faso was formerly called:

The Republic of Upper Volta
Burkina Faso, formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula.

Flag of Burkina Faso

30. In the Old Testament, the elder brother of Moses is:

Aaron

31. The longest river in Europe is:

The Volga
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through the western part of Russia and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia.

32. The instrument in an aircraft that measures height above sea level is:

Altimeter
An altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth underwater.

Altimeter

33. A stellar explosion is called:

Supernova
It is the end time situation of a star which is going to be exploded. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sun could emit over its life span.

34. Stocks or a financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise are called:

Bull Market

35. The abnormal fear of spiders and other arachnids is called:

Arachnophobia

36. The bird that is used as the sign of peace is:

Dove

37. The fastest animal on earth is:

Peregrine Falcon

It can reach speeds over 322 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.

Peregrine Falcon

38. The basic form of transport; a frame for restraining horses, used by Native Americans is:

Travois

39. The other word for an alligator pear is:

Avocado

Avocado/Alligator pear

40. The world’s deepest ocean is:

Pacific Ocean

41. All Saints' Day, often shortened to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on:

November 1

42. The fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Cervantes, who was Don Quixote’s squire is:

Sancho Panza

43. The Canadian city hosted the 1976 Olympics is:

Montreal

44. The substance released by body tissues in allergic reactions is:

Histamine

45. Golf was originated in:

Scotland

46. The smallest ocean in the world is:

The Arctic Ocean

47. A full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern is called:

Blue Moon
A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern; most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days. The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years) there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a "blue moon."

48. Chess was invented in:

India

49. The Iliad and the Odyssey was written by:

Homer

50. The first complete word in the dictionary is:

Aardvark